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Altruistic or strategic considerations: Meta-analyses on the ultimatum and dictator games
François Cochard  1@  , Jean-Christian Tisserand  2, *@  , Julie Le Gallo  3@  
1 : Centre de recherche sur les stratégies économiques  (CRESE)  -  Website
UFR SJEPG
30 avenue de l'observatoire, 25000 Besançon -  France
2 : Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques  (CRESE)  -  Website
Université de Franche-Comté
IUT 30 Avenue de l'observatoire 25009 Besançon Cedex -  France
3 : Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques  (CRESE)  -  Website
Université de Franche-Comté : EA3190
IUT 30 Avenue de l'observatoire 25009 Besançon Cedex -  France
* : Corresponding author

In this article, we investigate the relative weights of fairness and strategic con- siderations of proposers in the ultimatum game. For that purpose, we perform a total of 3 separate meta-analyses involving 97 observations of simple ultimatum games in 42 articles published between 1983 and 2012 on the one hand and 150 ob- servations of simple dictator games in 70 articles published between 1986 and 2014. Among the included explanatory variables, the country where the experience is run and being a student in economics have a significant impact on the offered amount in the ultimatum game. In the dictator game, the country where the experiment is run and the double-blind protocol significantly impact the amount given by the dictator. Our comparative pooled meta-analysis also reveals that players from less industrialized countries tend to have a greater proportion of fairness considerations.


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